Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 12:20:03 01/09/02
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On January 09, 2002 at 14:31:07, Uri Blass wrote: >On January 09, 2002 at 12:49:18, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On January 09, 2002 at 05:03:19, Terry Ripple wrote: >> >>>This is a mate in 98 using all 5 man Namilov bases! I used Hiarcs 7.32 but Tiger >>>14.0 says mate in 97 because i believe it announces the number to mate after it >>>made it's first move of the solution! >>> >>>N6k/7p/8/8/8/8/8/K6N w - - 0 1 >>> >>>For those who can't read the FEN here is the ASCII position. (White to move) >>>wKa1,Na8,Nh1/bKh8,Ph7 >>> >>>PS. I'am interested to know what the longest distance to mate is in a 5 man >>>position just for curious reasons. >>> >>>Best regards, >>>Terry >> >> >>I don't remember the positions, but Crafty once announced a mate in 103 on >>ICC in a KNN vs KP ending, and Ferret beat that with a mate in 104 announcement >>in the same kind of ending... > >I doubt if they can win against correct defence. >The position may be drawn by the 50 move rule and a draw like this already >happened in comp-comp games. > >Crafty should never announce mate in 103 based on existing tablebases and a >score of mate in 103 should be translated to some material advantage based on >the estimated probability to win. > >Uri Why? Just because some arbitrary rule says the game is a draw? Even if that rule has been eliminated and then reinstated a few years later? mate in 104 might be right again one day as fickle as FIDE is. :)
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